“幼态持续”是社会生物学上的一个重要概念，其大意是指动物的后代出生后受其父母的“监护”和养育，直至其独立谋生或自食其力这样一个成长的过程，广义上的幼态持续甚至还包括了孕期；幼态持续是量度动物的子代对其父辈的依赖程度的一个重要指标，也是对不同物种的演化规律 The “juvenile continuation” is an important concept in social biology. The effect is that the offspring of an animal are born and raised by their parents until they grow up independently or earn their own living. In a broad sense, State continues even including pregnancy; juvenile persistence is to measure the offspring of an animal’s dependence on their parents is an important indicator of the evolution of different species